SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. J. Jerrat, of Pukenui Road, Epsom, has returned from Hamilton.

Mrs. J. Patterson, of Minto Road, Remuera, has returned from Hamilton.

Miss P. Sykes, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland. She is at the Star Hotel.

Miss Margaret Cousins, of Clonbern Road, Remuera, has returned from a visit to Rotorua.

Mrs. W. S. Ralph, of Mcadowbank, who has been visiting Hamilton, has returned to Auckland.

Miss Peggy James, of Mastcrton, is staying with her .sister, Mrs. S. Wilson, of Orakei Road, Remuera.

Mrs. H. V. Johnston, of Great South lload, who lias been visiting Hamilton, has returned to Auckland.

M iss Laura Montgomery, of Palmerston North, is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. Montgomery, of Remuera.

Mrs. C. T. Pearse, of Feilding, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wilson, Polygon Road, St. Heliers.

Mrs. M. S. Hcnder.son and Miss Gay Henderson, of Remuera, have returned from a visit to Melbourne and Sydney.

Miss llary Mandeno, who has been in Auckland for some time, returned to her home in To Awamutu at the week-end.

Miss Bunty Allen, of Whangarei, who has been staying with her aunt, Mrs. J. Allen, Shorthand Street, returned home yesterday.

Miss Betty Middleton, of Takapuna, will leave by the Aorangi to-morrow for Suva, where she will spend a holiday of some months.

Miss Helen Graham, of Te Kuiti, who has been the guest of Mrs. P. Jackson, of Takutai Street, Parnell, returned to her home on Saturday.

Mrs. Alexander Aitken, of Havelock North, is visiting Auckland with her husband. They are staying with their son, Dr. Hammond Aitken, of Retnuera.

Mrs. F. Mangan, of Toronto, Canada, who has been staying with Captain and Mrs. E. Cox, Duder's Avenue, Devon port, will return home by the Aorangi to-morrow.

A meeting of the Bayswater-Belmont Women's Society was held last week and was presided over by Mrs. C. A. Fraser. An informative address on tea and coffee was given by Mr. L. G. Rimrncr.

Members of the Y.W.C.A. Women's Progress Club met last week. The president, Mrs. R. E. Murdoch, presided. A travel talk was given by Mrs. Hugh Kasper. Hostesses were Mrs. Bray and Mrs. Gaughan.

Miss Violet Mather, elder daughter of Mrs. A. Mather, Grange Road, Mount Eden, who has been nursing in California for several years, arrived by the Monterey on Friday. An expupil of Wanganui Girls' College, Miss Mather was trained in the Auckland Hospital.

Mrs. R. Stacey (Gisborne), Mrs. V. C. Keys (Rotorua), Mrs. M. McCluggage and Miss M. H. McCluggage (Stratford), Miss H. Sellar (Dunedin), Miss G. J. Batchelor (Christchurch) and Miss Zoe E. Fryer (Hastings) are at the Station Hotel.

A special meeting of the Women's League of the British-Israel World Federation, Auckland branch, was held recently, when a lantern lecture entitled "Crowns and Thrones," was given by Mr. McGili-Niett. Pictures were also shown of the Coronation of King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth.

An address on her visit to England during the Coronation festivities was given by Mrs. W. H. Parkes at a meeting of the Penwomeil's Club on Friday afternoon. A visitor from California, Mrs. Penman, spoke on the Penwomen's Club in San Diego, and the youth movement in England was the subject of an address by Miss A. Brown, of England.

At the Royal Hotel are: —Mrs. C. A. Morrison (Honolulu), Mrs. W. Lowe (New Plymouth), Mrs. B. Marsack, Miss 0. Marsack (Palmerston North), Mrs. V. Le Prou (Wellington), Mrs. L. Woodson (Dargaville), Mrs. W. Clark (Whakatane), Mrs. R. Ebbett, Mrs. 1. Buchanan, Mrs. R. Jones (Hamilton).

The monthly meeting of the ladies' comittee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held recently. Four new members were introduced. Preliminary business for the street collection was discussed. The society will share the day with the Victoria League. The committee entertained at afternoon tea Mrs. Clarke, president of the ladies' committee of the Wellington branch.